Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-08

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Eawnsenan. Gar 9. Pai1ney. 4 a Hs
recent eutsrprTziag exp d grses 10 par |
saasine. tsF4rx OF. ard tDpEsTinx I
Woodland Psfk. Ia ths N5Ftheru ard I
s.Eatsriakss aabarbs Of the assy. Is the
happiszt of his many hsPpg ta01ghts
Which hsve tended 70 the enlzrgsasns.
saaraud merit and b@snsifFfnz 81 car
rashin0 busting ard 9JafishinR young
eily. Woodland Para - fae tract Of
zs6 acres Of easTmis9iY located land,
parflY isFel, bat for tbs mot part agree
ably diversified ia natural fest1res and
iandseaes variety, amcrising lots tw9,
three AEd Eve N tie uess half Of TIE
northwess "a srfer and the north half of
sut6weas qaArter Of section I. town
-hip 3. OF rage ( esst. II lies st toe
lower tsoathJ ED Of Green L4ks and
skirts Il ne ~ w0ateFa kark . distance
4 q liftls over nile. The s0p1Rraphy
Of tha tract admirakig adapis Il 70 tns
purposes Of park Ga the vest side.
over three quarters Of mile long. u
stFetebes ever the high. siahtly ridge
sbieb fefns the divida bstWsen toe
waters Of Snilah0le Bay and the main
Souad en- tie vest. asd Lakes Uoion
and Green on the east. aoo % the spring
source Of tie CARING brooks that 4 y
10 dsveEetpa courses into each OF thoss
splendid bodies % water. This portion
can not be called q plain OF prsffis
exscaIy, though open and nearly sleaE,
oeesuss the surface is gently Filling.
slopinR beautifully on the west toWzr
she sails So vster Of the sound and
eastward toward the emeFald-like ex-
panse Of the lakes. Throagh il passes
on q very nearly lsvei and straight
-Iiennent, che main county road freD
Seattle 20 northern polnts-the best
tornpike road 10 King County, never
becoming maddy IN winter OF dusty 10
summer, owing 20 the gravel c0mpacted
By kind of natural cement or shell
lime. composing toe sell aiJng the tap
bench Of this ridge.
The surface hersalonR. n0w billowy
sea OF wild peavine and spanaied with
spring flowers Of the woodland. is dotted
sere and Tiers with q noble ar or cedar
Of vigorous growth. that has withstood
the storms Of years aRd { puFgatoriai
ares Of thirty years ago that swept this
zrAvelly ridge almost bare Of its timber
covering. along narrow belt OF many
miles IN length.
A. natural result Of the command.
ing situs and oRenness of vista Of this
part Of the park, the views here pre-
seuted to the eye II the visitor are saF-
passineIy fne. At your feei, rlnued
within is setting Of dark green, forest
clad hills, like q silver mirror, lies the
ooyIy meandeFing stream Of Shilsbole
inlet Salmon Bay. Further 10 the
distance, in plain view, lies the blue,
eiimmefing sxpanse Of tn main Sound,
grand ia the majesty Of its bFesdth and
depth and tbs beauty Of its surround
ines, whsle, as foil to emphasis the
impFesslveness Of the entire scene, IN
the background stand the everlasting
mountains Of the Olympic Range, the
blue Of their outer slopes ana orsgs
FLASHED with the silver Of never-meltipg
SHOWS IN the shsdoWy dells and recessss.
Locking eastward, the eye rests en-
| ehsntsd upon the smiling expsnss OF
| Green Lake, as charming 9 bit OF water
/ scenery as the hand OF the Author OF
/ Be .uty ever formed. This lake is oval
to saspe, a mile wide By nearly . mile
| and half long, aud is only a little more
than q mile north OF Lake Union. Its
= ores, whittier IN earlier days drov,s
/ OF the autlered "monarchs of the wild
wooa" vent down 30 drink, friDRed witt
| groves Of aldsrs. naples, wild oherrts s,
/ dogwOods and the like trees of deoidu
Oas foliage, slope gently and ampbi
/ th ater ike toward the water. with nc
ro1eh activities or steep descents to NAL
| the charming effect of ahe faIss ca seeas
| Within These banks. like a silver chaliee
trimmed With emerald, lies embos1msd
| the broad, d,mpled Iaks, smiling ia the
/ sunlight like a bus Rish6d mirror. II IL
safe to say that this little lake 10 tbs
snbnrbs of COR oity is a water gem M
surp ssed in lovsliness. IL equalled, by
Italy's Couao, Swisz srland's Geneva.
lFeland's Killarney or England's Ry 3sl.
i mere.
There are already some beautiful
farms on ths east side, which form q
/ pretty picture looking across the lake
| Ailh their green, velvety meadows
| si0ping back from the margin OF the
SatsF, and their white-blos-omed frat
gard ns. Many more such might bs
made around the shores of ths lake, a:
the soil - of the richest description
consisting of deep, black, aliuvial
| loan.
In some parts Of the central aud east
ern portions of the park there are tracts
i If den o timber. both eedars aud fra Of
Immense sizs and clearest q saiity; where
| also tbs under9roWth stands thick and
close; where, indeed, she reclnss, sigh
| ting for "a lodge Ia some vast wilder
ness" might find "a b1undless con
| tiguI;y of shade" TO his hearts content
Ia those moist. dsep-shaded giades the
| pilgrim 10 qaest of sunmer GOODNESS
an easily md his desire. There ths
delicate COAL h,neysuekls twines
around It's more sialv 80 eDngeners aud
| thrOws its clustered wealth OF wsx-hks
/ bloom aud berries to the sunlight at an
Incredible height. The prolific, rich
| fFuitiEg ''sallGi" and the sslm on berry
are found galore. There, too, fnds its
o5ngsnial hidiag place IN the cloistsrei
| iepths OF Natures grand outdoor cathe-
drAls, that most beautiful OF all flowers
the Fh ID sdendron, whish, in shrinking
consciousness Of it, own lovelinsss, il
too sensitive 10 endure tie rude earesses
Of wind or rain.
Mention must not be omitted either
OF the fact that from the higher grounds
Ut tue park, grand views are presA ted
Of the Monarch OF American mgun-
tstns-oid Rainier with bis IA 900 feet
| (pefpeudioalar) display of fAtaomi -
snow hslds, piaGacles of Toe aud ALPINE
glaciers; also, OF NJ. Baker, near the
oonfiass OF BRITISH Columbia, and the
eloud-eap ed. snowY range Of the Gas.
eade m0aatains standing ous spectral
md MASSIVE all along the Z ,stsrn hOri.
Sjh. Nearer, bat still seeming far away
10 the background, vii be 5, en- wien
more of ihs hmber - cut away,
eismpses 81 the bias, foli no wAvslets
OF Lake Washingtsn-k King CouHiy's
far famed fresh water Mediterranean. -
Mr. Pninney has taken hold of this
admifsble pArk site, with ths earnest
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